Camera: Mamiya 645AF     Lens: Mamika Sekor D 2.8/80mm AF     Film: Agfa RS100     Date: 01.07.1991

Door lock, Vågå Old Church, Jotunheimen, Norway

For many centuries, over 1,000 stave churches decorated the Norwegian landscape. Today less than 30 remain, most of the others having been lost to fires. The Vågå Old Church is believed to have replaced a pagan temple as early as 1030, during the advent of Christianity in the region. The present church was built in place of that building between 1625 and 1630, incorporating many elements from the previous church, thought to have been the second oldest stave church in Norway. The 1.40m wide and 5cm thick door to the church was cut from a single plank of Norwegian fir.